---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize municipalities to join."
description: "Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize municipalities to join."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 2526"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2526 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities", "Wildlife", "Fisheries and Parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tate"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33bf3271-c373-4a3d-86c7-cc7f3cdba3c7"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/Senate_authors/Tate.xml"
source_hash: "76998a40c0fe1c817c1354deb557c0aa9577cbe20b732716fe5097fb2cbdb342"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi SB 2526 (2023) — Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize municipalities to join.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2526IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2526PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2526SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **107–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tate — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Municipalities `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33bf3271-c373-4a3d-86c7-cc7f3cdba3c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).